Notable Analyst Rating Changes 11/13: LVS, PTR, STZ Upgraded; GA, JCP, CTCM Downgraded

November 13, 2008 9:42 AM EST

UPGRADES:
Banc of America upgrades Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) from Sell to Neutral.

Citi upgrades PetroChina (NYSE: PTR) from Sell to Hold.

UBS upgrades Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) from Neutral to Buy, citing valuation after 52% slide in the last two months. UBS lowered their price target from $24 to $17.

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DOWNGRADES:
Piper Jaffray & Co. downgrades Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA) from Buy to Neutral. Price target lowered from $11 to $6.

Morgan Stanley downgrades JC Penney (NYSE: JCP) from Overweight to Equal-weight

J.P. Morgan downgrades CTC Media (Nasdaq: CTCM) from Overweight to Neutral.

For daily real-time Downgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/Downgrades

NEW COVERAGE:
Goldman Sachs initiates coverage on Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN) with a Neutral rating.

Jefferies initiates American Express (NYSE: AXP) with an Underperform and a $17 target, citing higher funding costs and deteriorating credit performance.

J.P. Morgan initiates coverage on Atheros (Nasdaq: ATHR) with a Neutral rating.

For daily real-time New Coverage go to http://www.streetinsider.com/New+Coverage


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ATHR 44.99

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 4,444
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AXP 52.06

+0.25 +0.48%
Volume: 2,701,328
Track AXP

CTCM 10.50

+0.18 +1.74%
Volume: 219,521
Track CTCM

GA 4.31

+0.03 +0.70%
Volume: 197,191
Track GA

GRMN 43.96

+0.37 +0.85%
Volume: 525,567
Track GRMN

JCP 42.12

-0.32 -0.75%
Volume: 2,659,432
Track JCP

LVS 51.34

-0.25 -0.48%
Volume: 7,741,051
Track LVS

PTR 149.44

+2.81 +1.92%
Volume: 92,097
Track PTR

STZ 21.62

+0.17 +0.79%
Volume: 581,559
Track STZ


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